If there’s any city that takes shopping malls seriously, it is Dubai. Not only do global brands flock to this retail capital, but shoppers from across the Middle East and beyond go to Dubai to appreciate the grandiosity and beauty of its shopping centres. The city’s weather, always sunny and known to surpass 110 °F, and its economic climate, deeply rooted in property development to the point of experiencing hyper growth, create a unique mix of tropical and capitalistic energy rarely matched by other… Read more

Former First Lady Mrs Patience Jonathan is a shopping freak – going by facts and figures unveiled by detectives. She blew thousands of dollars at highbrow stores. The cash came from $11,849,069.03, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said 31 individuals and companies paid into her two domiciliary accounts. The accounts, which are Skye Bank (2110001712) and First Bank (2022648664) had “questionable deposits” between 2013 and 2017. The Skye Bank account had about $7,452,319.32 lodged in it. Detectives… Read more

Over the next one month, the 23rd edition of the Dubai shopping festival will deliver the best shopping offers, biggest prizes, as well as a once-in–a-life time experience across a jam-packed season. TONIA ‘DIYAN, who is in Dubai for the festival, writes that over N294.03 million or AED 3 million is up for grabs in mouth-watering deals across the Mall of the Emirates, City Centres Deira, Mirdif, Me’aisem & Al Shindagha and My City Centre Al Barsha. For over a… Read more

Modupe Osibelewu said she has been managing her old dingy four burner Ignis gas cooker for over 20 years just because she thought that a replacement would cost so much. According to the civil servant with Lagos State, though most parts of the cooker has rusted with the oven and grill barely functioning, she still struggled to cook with the cooker as she was convinced based on assumptions and hearsays that the price would eat deep into her monthly allowance.… Read more

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, George Adesola Oguntade has inaugurated N900 million Bashorun Babatunde Ajaga Modern Shopping Complex on Lagos Island, Lagos. The inauguration of the complex attracted stakeholders in Lagos State building construction and development industry, monarchs, socialites, among who are representatives of Oba of Lagos Rilwan Akiolu, Aare and Yeye Are Bafola of Lagos, High Chief and Mrs. H.O. Seymour, Ojora of Lagos Oba Fatai Aromire Ojora and his Olori and Iyaloja-General High Chief (Mrs.) Folashade Tinubu-Ojo.… Read more

For the convenience of shoppers, Konga Online Shopping Limited has birthed Konga Daily, a catalogue that seeks to meet every shopper’s daily needs – perishables and non-perishables alike. At the unveiling, the Chairman, Konga Online Shopping Ltd, Sim Shagaya, said: “Konga is a child that has grown and blossomed and the results of the past five years has been outstanding. Groceries are the most difficult to manage as they have to do with the day to day needs of shoppers.… Read more

The continued free fall in the value of Nigeria’s local currency, the naira, has taken a big toll on the purchasing power of the ordinary man on the street, Director, Professional Programmes, Pan Atlantic University, Isaac-Ogugua Ezechukwu has said. He said he recently stumbled upon a shopping list he made in the ‘80s within the pages of a book, adding that after reviewing the list, he became saddened at how deep the national currency, the naira, has eroded in value… Read more

It’s the time of the year when retailers bombard us with big sales, big discounts, and big offers in hopes to entice us to part with our hard earned cash. With Amazon, Steam, and most digital stores following the big sales tradition, it stands to reason that a little prep work will go a long way in getting the the best deal come Black Friday and Cyber Monday. When Black Friday rolls around, expect the big sites such as Amazon,… Read more

•Adverts hit 4m globally Facebook has provided a platform to boost shopping and improve shoppers experience. The firm has released a statement to announce that four million businesses actively advertise on the platform with 70 per cent outside the United States of America (U.S.A). This data showed that the fastest growing region is South East Asia with the following countries: Vietnam, Indonesia, Greece, Ukraine and Philippines. The top five countries based on yearly growth are: U.S, Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico and… Read more

More businesses are capitalising on the benefits of online presence. This platform not only affords them more visibility, it also positions them to meet the savvy shopper, writes TONIA ‘DIYAN. The importance of information communication technology (ICT) cannot be over emphasised. This has further been enunciated a decade and half after the introduction of the Global System for Mobile telecommunications (GSM). According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, as at May 2016, 92 million Nigerians are connected to the internet. This… Read more

THE firmmanaging the Lagos City Mall, Ibukun Efuntayo & Co., has said the upsurge in shopping malls is good for the economy. The Chief Executive Officer of Ibukun Efuntayo & Co., Mr. Emmanuel Efuntayo, said the coming of malls showed investors’ confidence in Nigeria’s economy. Efuntayo said: “The coming of these malls is good for our economy. It goes on to show that our economy is developing and that we have the population to support these malls. Shopping malls provide that… Read more

A plethora of competing products, especially consumables, now fill the market space. While this has given several options to consumers and shoppers, making informed choices has become a challenge as taste, flavour, cost, amongst others, are strong factors for consideration by shoppers, writes TONIA ‘DIYAN Entering a supermarket located in Surulere, Lagos, a young female shopper, who simply identified herself as Chiamaka, was faced with a dilemma of making a choice from the variety of competing commodities, both local and… Read more

Shoprite, which was launched in Nigeria just a little over 10 years ago with the opening of its first store in Lagos on December 2005, was last year named the number one retailer on the continent by Deloitte’s inaugural African Powers of Retailing report. Over the past decade, Shoprite introduced Nigeria to a world-class shopping through its core business promise of lower prices. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Shoprite Nigeria will be giving away more than 10,000 gift vouchers worth … Read more